Organization: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Deputy Representative
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the lead UN agency for
delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and
every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA expands the possibilities
for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives. Since UNFPA
started working in 1969, the number – and rate – of women dying from
complications of pregnancy or childbirth has been halved. Families are smaller
and healthier. Young people are more connected and empowered than ever before.
Job Summary: The Programme Analyst, Adolescent/Youth Sexual
Reproductive Health (AYSRH) substantively contributes to the effective
management of UNFPA activities in the area of adolescent/youth sexual and
reproductive health; including in humanitarian settings. The job holder will
analyze and assess relevant political, social and economic trends and provides
technical leadership in UNFPA Country Office (CO) AYSRH program design,
monitoring, evaluation. S/he also provides oversight to implementation of all
UNFPA AYSRH activities; including in humanitarian settings. Under the current
UN Delivery as One model, the Programme Analyst participates in UN joint AYSRH
programming including planning, monitoring and evaluation. S/he ensures that
the UNFPA AYSRH programme is aligned to the UNFPA Strategic Plan and National
AYSRH priorities, policies and frameworks. Further, s/he ensures and guides the
appropriate application of UNFPA systems and procedures. The PA-AYSRH
facilitates the work of consultants, advisors and experts and establishes and
maintains collaborative relationships with counterparts in government,
multi-lateral and bi-lateral donor agencies and civil society to address AYSRH
emerging issues. The PA-AYSRH engages counterparts from diverse backgrounds to
jointly contribute to achieving UNFPA mandate. S/he plays a pivotal role in
mobilizing resources for AYRSH interventions. The PA-AYSRH is a substantive
contributor to the programme team in the Country Office.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Evaluates adolescent and youth-related SRH
project and programme activities, establishing and implementing mechanisms
to systematically assess the achievement of results, conducting field visits,
participating in review meetings and evaluation missions and preparing
regular inputs to SRH status and progress reports. Analyzes basic factors
affecting the achievement of SRH results, and recommends corrective
actions and follows up on recommendations. - Actively participates in the
identification and formulation of the country programmes and projects with
a focus on adolescent/youth sexual and reproductive health information and
services, by compiling and analyzing information, drafts project documents
and work plans, and prepares tables and statistical data. - Works with the relevant Country Office
technical team and other stakeholders to promote HIV/AIDS-AYSRH
integration. - Works closely with the technical Country
Office staff and UNFPA implementing partners, contributes to Gender and
Human Rights mainstreaming in AYSRH programmes. - Identifies SRH needs among the adolescents
and youth in humanitarian settings, and designs and oversees interventions
to address their respective needs. - Actively contributes to addressing harmful
practices including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); Child Marriage and
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) among adolescents and youth. - Works with relevant national ministries,
especially the Ministry of Education, to promote implementation of
comprehensive sexuality education. - Participates in strengthening capacity of
Government and relevant stakeholders in improving access to
adolescent/youth-friendly information and services. - Identifies vulnerable groups among the
adolescents and youth and supports the designing and implementation of
targeted programmes to address their AYSRH needs. - Significantly contributes to establishment
or strengthening of national level youth tanks/advisory panels and youth
umbrella networks for active engagement in policy formulation and
programming for sexual and reproductive health; and other related issues. - Assists analysis and interpretation of the
political, social and economic environment relevant to SRH issues and
identifies opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention. Keeps
abreast of new policy developments and strategies analyzing policy papers,
strategy documents, national plans and development frameworks. Assists in
preparation of briefs and inputs for policy dialogue, technical assistance
coordination and development frameworks within the national and
development partners’ coordination mechanisms and in line with new aid
environment. - Works closely with national counterparts
and project personnel, guides routine implementation of assigned projects,
coordinating the delivery of project outputs, and ensures participation of
national and local counterparts in project planning, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation; and knowledge sharing. - Prepares and monitors AYSRH project
budgets and expenditures through the UNFPA global financial and programme
software (Atlas); and reviews funding authorisation and certification of
expenditure reports. - Actively monitors UNFPA programme
implementation by keeping close record on progress of activities, funds
being expended at the project level and agreements being made with local
partners. - Trains and guides project staff on AYSRH
programme policies and procedures. Continuously guides AYSRH implementing
partners on UNFPA programming processes including adherence to quality and
timely reporting. - Contributes to the creation and sharing of
knowledge by synthesizing and documenting research findings, lessons
learned, success stories, best practices, strategies and approaches of the
Country Office and prepares relevant AYSRH materials for dissemination. - Technically supports the advocacy and
resource mobilization strategy of the Country Office by compiling and
synthesizing relevant background material on AYSRH for use in discussions
and public events. Establishes and maintains network of donor and public
information contacts and provides assistance in organizing and conducting
donor meetings and public information events. Assists in building strong
technical and programme multi-sectoral partnerships for advocacy for ICPD
agenda through national institutions, networks, alliances and coalitions. - Identifies adolescent/youth groups and
leaders that are engaged in promotion of adolescent/youth SRH and engages
them to participate in policy advocacy; and adolescent/youth SRH programming. - Participates in relevant national and
sub-national fora, enhancing UNFPA mandate on AYSRH and works to ensure
that adolescent/youth issues are incorporated in national development
plans and frameworks.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the UNFPA
Programme Analyst Job should hold an advanced university degree in
medicine, public health, demography, population studies, social science or
other relevant field. Possession of a masters’ degree is an added
advantage. - A minimum of three or more years’
professional experience preferably in programme/project management in the
public or private sector. - Languages:
Fluency in oral and written English. - Computer
skills: Proficiency in current office software applications.
- Values:
Integrity/Commitment to mandate, Knowledge sharing/Continuous learning,
Valuing diversity - Managing
Relationships: Working in teams, Communicating information and
ideas, Conflict and self-management - Working
with people: Empowerment/Developing people/Performance management - Personal
Leadership and Effectiveness: Strategic and analytical thinking,
Results orientation/Commitment to excellence, Appropriate and transparent
decision making
- Advocacy/Advancing a policy oriented
agenda - Results-based programme development and
management - Innovation and marketing of new approaches
- Leveraging the resources of national
governments and partners/Building strategic alliances and partners - Resource mobilization
All candidates who so desire to join the United Nations UNFPA in the
aforementioned capacity are encouraged to send a cover letter and P11
Form, download
here to vacancyug@unfpa.org. Please clearly indicate
position title in the subject of the email and include your full names.
NB: The complete applications should be less than
10MB.
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